Council Decision (EU) 2023/1307 of 26 June 2023 on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a second instalment for 2023

Council Decision (EU) 2023/1307 of 26 June 2023 on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a second instalment for 2023 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, on the financing of European Union aid under the multiannual financial framework for the period 2014 to 2020, in accordance with the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, and on the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies OJ L 210, 6.8.2013, p. 1. , and in particular Article 7(2) in conjunction with Article 14(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 of 26 November 2018 on the financial regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2015/323 OJ L 307, 3.12.2018, p. 1. , and in particular Article 19(3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is to send to the Commission its updated estimates of commitments and payments under the instruments it manages. (2) In accordance with Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the Commission is to present a proposal by 15 June 2023 setting out the amount of the second instalment of the contribution for 2023. (3) Pursuant to Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, calls for contributions are to first use up the amounts laid down for previous European Development Funds (EDF). Therefore a call for funds pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 for the EIB and for the Commission should be made. (4) Pursuant to Article 152 of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (the Withdrawal Agreement), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the United Kingdom) is to remain party to the EDF until the closure of the 11th EDF and all previous unclosed EDFs. However, pursuant to Article 153 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the United Kingdom’s share in decommitted funds from projects under the 11th EDF, where those funds have been decommitted after 31 December 2020, or previous EDFs are not to be reused. (5) Council Decision (EU) 2022/2242 Council Decision (EU) 2022/2242 of 14 November 2022 on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to finance that fund, specifying the ceiling for 2024, the annual amount for 2023, the amount of the first instalment for 2023 and an indicative and non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts of contributions for the years 2025 and 2026 (OJ L 294, 15.11.2022, p. 17). sets the annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF for 2023 at EUR 1800000000 for the Commission and at EUR 300000000 for the EIB.

(6) In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures it provides for, this Decision should enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF as a second instalment for 2023 is hereby set at EUR 750000000. It shall be divided into EUR 650000000 for the Commission and EUR 100000000 for the EIB.

Article 2

The individual EDF contributions shall be paid by the parties to the EDF to the Commission and the EIB as the second instalment for 2023, in accordance with the Annex.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Luxembourg, 26 June 2023. For the Council The President J. Borrell Fontelles

Annex

ANNEX SECOND INSTALMENT OF EDF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 2023 (EUR) TO BE PAID TO THE COMMISSION AND THE EIB Further to Article 153 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the United Kingdom formally requested in March 2023 that the Commission refund in 2023 its outstanding share of the 10th and 11th EDF reserves by netting-out the United Kingdom’s outstanding contribution to the EDF for 2023 (2nd and 3rd instalments, i.e. a total of EUR 154,12 million). That netting-out will be reflected in the respective payment instructions. MEMBER STATES & UKKey 11th EDF %2nd instalment 2023 (EUR)TotalCommissionEIB11th EDF11th EDFBELGIUM3,2492721120255324927024369525BULGARIA0,2185314204452185301638975CZECHIA0,7974551834257974505980875DENMARK1,9804512872925198045014853375GERMANY20,5798013376870020579800154348500ESTONIA0,0863556127586350647625IRELAND0,9400661103909400607050450GREECE1,507359797775150735011305125SPAIN7,9324851561120793248059493600FRANCE17,8126911578248517812690133595175CROATIA0,2251814636702251801688850ITALY12,53009814455851253009093975675CYPRUS0,11162725530111620837150LATVIA0,11612754780116120870900LITHUANIA0,1807711750051807701355775LUXEMBOURG0,2550916580852550901913175HUNGARY0,6145639946406145604609200MALTA0,0380124706538010285075NETHERLANDS4,7767831049070477678035825850AUSTRIA2,3975715584205239757017981775POLAND2,0073413047710200734015055050PORTUGAL1,19679777913511967908975925ROMANIA0,7181546679757181505386125SLOVENIA0,2245214593802245201683900SLOVAKIA0,3761624450403761602821200FINLAND1,509099809085150909011318175SWEDEN2,9391119104215293911022043325UNITED KINGDOM14,678629541103014678620110089650TOTAL EU-27 & UK100,00650000000100000000750000000